NAPLAN Numeracy study materials
NAPLAN Numeracy study resources

NAPLAN Numeracy study guide

NAPLAN Numeracy · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

NAPLAN - the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy - is an annual national assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, as described by the National Assessment Program. It is a nationwide measure through which parents and carers, teachers, schools, education authorities, governments and the broader community can determine whether young Australians are developing the literacy and numeracy skills that provide the foundation for other learning and for productive participation in the community. The assessment is made up of four domains: writing; reading; conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation); and numeracy. Results let parents and educators see how students are progressing over time - individually, as part of their school community, and against national standards - and support monitoring of how schools and school systems are performing. The NAPLAN Numeracy study guide has 4 sections and about 1,544 words.

01

Writing: Planning, Structure and Control

NAPLAN writing tasks give a prompt - often a statement, a scenario or a short stimulus - and ask you to produce a piece of prose, usually narrative or persuasive, in a set time. Markers reward a clear central idea, deliberate structure, and control of sentences.

397 words, about 2 min
02

Reading: Locating, Inferring and Evaluating

Reading tasks move through three levels. Literal questions ask for information stated directly.

374 words, about 2 min
03

Conventions of Language: Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation

This domain tests spelling in context, grammatical accuracy, and punctuation. Questions typically present a sentence with a marked word or a choice of words, and ask which is correct.

375 words, about 2 min
04

Numeracy: Number, Measurement, Space and Data

Numeracy spans number and algebra, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability, and - at higher levels - proportional and algebraic reasoning. Questions are usually set in words, so the first skill is translation: turning a sentence into an operation.

398 words, about 2 min